Subject: Re: acoustical differences between languages From: "Ferguson, Sarah Hargus" <safergus@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:35:04 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7CA11.FF2225E3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Sounds of the World's Languages" by Ladefoged and Maddieson would be a good place to start, particularly for formant frequencies... =20 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A Assistant Professor Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders University of Kansas Dole Center 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 3001 Lawrence, KS 66045 office: (785)864-1116 Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab: (785)864-0610 http://www.ku.edu/~splh/ipcd/Faculty/FergusonBio.html -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Richard Parncutt Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:35 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: acoustical differences between languages =20 Dear colleagues, Can anyone point me to information about consistent physical differences between languages such as English, German, French and Italian regarding (i) formant frequencies of specific vowels, (ii) the shape of the vocal tract and (iii) the glottal open quotient? Richard Parncutt, University of Graz, parncutt at uni-graz dot at ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7CA11.FF2225E3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p {margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @xxxxxxxx Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“Sounds of the World’s Languages” by Ladefoged and Maddieson would be a good place to = start, particularly for formant frequencies…</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <div> <p style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ = ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<br> Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A<br> Assistant Professor<br> Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders<br> University of Kansas<br> Dole Center<br> 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 3001<br> Lawrence, KS 66045<br> office: (785)864-1116<br> Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab: (785)864-0610<br> <a = href=3D"http://www.ku.edu/~splh/ipcd/Faculty/FergusonBio.html">http://www= .ku.edu/~splh/ipcd/Faculty/FergusonBio.html</a></span></font></p> </div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = face=3DTahoma><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> AUDITORY - Research = in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard Parncutt<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 19, = 2007 1:35 AM<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> = AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> acoustical = differences between languages</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black'>Dear colleagues,</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black'>Can anyone point me to information about consistent = physical differences between languages such as English, German, French and = Italian regarding (i) formant frequencies of specific vowels, (ii) the shape of = the vocal tract and (iii) the glottal open quotient?</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black'>Richard Parncutt, University of Graz, parncutt at uni-graz = dot at</span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7CA11.FF2225E3--